I've said it once and I'll stay it again: this phone is a steal. It has comparable specs to phones that cost twice as much so it's not really a surprise that it's selling so well but like someperson said, there's no telling how many units were actually sold. I have a feeling that the entire Nexus line will do quite well this year.
What matters in this case is the number of units that were available (now sold) - it's likely a small amount on purpose, since selling out fast is great for publicity.
Though unlike Nexus 7, the Nexus 4 pricing is competitive to the US price - the AUD is worth more than the USD and the Australian price is only $50 more (most of which is accounted by the 10% GST tax.)
Australia still has to pay a little more than the US than justified by tax differences, but it's better than the huge price differences it normally has.
Well if they sold out, wouldn't the units available and sold be the same? Unless they are selling units that don't exist yet. Apple does this too, they say "We sold out in x hours" and neglect to say how many units they sold. That info does come out later after the headline wears off.
Not sure what the tax difference would take the amount up to, but it was probably priced to just be "near" a round number (with the obligatory 99 suffix).
Also, unless you're planning to peg the price to currency fluctuations, may as well round up to cover that.
For a brief period of time the 16gb model showed as being available, but a very buggy shopping cart meant that it was nigh on impossible to actually checkout.
Now it's showing as "coming soon" again.
Edit: And now I've just received the email saying that it's available... oh no it's not.
I need to investigate the Wallet API (and whether the Play Store is using it) but I'm pretty sure it was the Google Wallet checkout popup that actually kicked the bucket. The Play Store site was really snappy, actually.
The order that visibly went through was redirected to the full Wallet site. I say "visibly" cause apparently one of the popup ones went through as well. Oh, well, I'm sure one of my friends would appreciate it.
It's probably worth mentioning that in Australia, off contract phone are far more popular than they are in the US. We have many competitive pre-paid options, so buying a phone outright often is cheaper, or better value than going on a plan. The Nexus 4 may have found the perfect market for skipping carriers.
Ugh, I need to have the company's purchasing department buy a Nexus 4 for our dev team, but if it's going to sell out so quickly, I'm virtually guaranteed to be out of luck :(.
Not to sound cocky but No developer with self respect should be working for a company that wouldn't let developers buy THE DEVELOPMENT phone if developers are working on smartphones.
Got the mail that the Nexus 4 is available at 9:39am, by then it was already sold out for 20mins (Germany)... a bit unlucky, today being the only day this week where i had an unskippable meeting at 9.
This launch was a big fail and especially if the shortage was planned, this will backfire at Google. You cant announce a big product launch (at a bargaining price) and then just have a few thousand units available (it cant be more, i was quite succesful in the Touchpad fire sales last year which lasted longer). Additionally the 9am launch (on a working day) wasnt even announced beforehand and google should have known (at least from E-Mail notification subscriptions) that demand outstrips supply by far.
Anyway, hope they can handle my scraping traffic now, waiting for new ones ;).
I am for the screen as well. But like others; I really need a keyboard dock. Why don't all big tablet makers learn from the Transformer? Or is it only geeks who like that thing? But for the resolution the Nexus 10 is too good to not buy.
I am.. Hopefully, get the 32GB, if I can purchase it during the window. I wish, however, if they offered an unlocked 3G model too(I can live without LTE). I will have to use freedompop for now.
I want it for the screen. I really want a keyboard dock with it (like the Asus Transformer) and am going to look into designing one or having one designed and having it printed at something like shapeways if they don't bring one to retail.
The thought of putting Ubuntu on that, with that screen, is much too much to pass up.
I got an order in for a 16GB Nexus 4 after about 5-10 minutes of shopping cart and payment errors on the Play Store. My order's timestamp is 11:50am. Looks like it's all sold out in the US... before the stated 12pm PST release time. I think Google pissed a lot of people off today.
Can anybody recommend another Android device that's competitive in terms of quality? I've been holding off buying in hopes of geting the Nexus 4, but the prospect of holding off again and perhaps having the same experience as today isn't very appealing.
It's weird how with all the adulation over the GSIII, no one dings the screen. The quality hit is pretty noticeable in an AT&T store. I wandered back and forth from iPhone, Lumia, etc, and had also checked out the RAZR HD earlier that day -- which has the same subpar sparkle-grains display.
This is one of the cynical things that makes me wonder if sites ever actually have time to review new devices. Their "one job" should be to see through the marketing-speak ("Super AMOLED", "IPS", "retina display") and tell us what A) looks better, and B) uses less power at a given nits.
I've had an iPhone 4 for 2 years now, and can't really stomach going to one of those poorer screens. The Optimus G is beautiful, and that's why I'm going to snag a Nexus.
The Nexus is super attractive, except for the glaring lack of LTE. I'm currently on a SIII rooted with AOKP Jelly Bean ROM and I'm loving it. I can't believe how fast it is, not to mentioned the high level of customization available. The Samsung ROM was just too bloated and felt sluggish. Jelly Bean has definitely won me over!
Why does it matter how well the GS3 sells? Just get the device you like most. I'm not buying anything but Nexus from now on, and I don't care how flashy they make the new phones. The Nexus experience and the 2 years upgrades, plus the very low price make it worth a lot more to me.
Well I waited and didn't even see the screen flicker to available! Apparently it was released 20 minutes early and sold out within 10 minutes in Canada... although I was constantly checking. Looks like I'll be waiting for the next batch!
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[+] [-] someperson|13 years ago|reply
Though unlike Nexus 7, the Nexus 4 pricing is competitive to the US price - the AUD is worth more than the USD and the Australian price is only $50 more (most of which is accounted by the 10% GST tax.)
Australia still has to pay a little more than the US than justified by tax differences, but it's better than the huge price differences it normally has.
[+] [-] scragg|13 years ago|reply
[+] [-] bmelton|13 years ago|reply
Also, unless you're planning to peg the price to currency fluctuations, may as well round up to cover that.
[+] [-] buro9|13 years ago|reply
For a brief period of time the 16gb model showed as being available, but a very buggy shopping cart meant that it was nigh on impossible to actually checkout.
Now it's showing as "coming soon" again.
Edit: And now I've just received the email saying that it's available... oh no it's not.
[+] [-] digitalclubb|13 years ago|reply
Of all the people, you would have expected Google to be able to handle the traffic.
[+] [-] archivator|13 years ago|reply
The order that visibly went through was redirected to the full Wallet site. I say "visibly" cause apparently one of the popup ones went through as well. Oh, well, I'm sure one of my friends would appreciate it.
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edit: It's gone now, so that was about 15 minutes. I got mine, yay! It's funny how even Google can't properly plan for huge traffic spikes.
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[+] [-] keltex|13 years ago|reply
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/11/13/psa-us-customers-you...
[+] [-] conradfr|13 years ago|reply
Fun to see that even Google can't sometimes handle load.
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[+] [-] jpdus|13 years ago|reply
This launch was a big fail and especially if the shortage was planned, this will backfire at Google. You cant announce a big product launch (at a bargaining price) and then just have a few thousand units available (it cant be more, i was quite succesful in the Touchpad fire sales last year which lasted longer). Additionally the 9am launch (on a working day) wasnt even announced beforehand and google should have known (at least from E-Mail notification subscriptions) that demand outstrips supply by far.
Anyway, hope they can handle my scraping traffic now, waiting for new ones ;).
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Not very impressive!
[+] [-] drivebyacct2|13 years ago|reply
The thought of putting Ubuntu on that, with that screen, is much too much to pass up.
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[+] [-] josteink|13 years ago|reply
Sadly nobody seems to have those numbers available.
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This is one of the cynical things that makes me wonder if sites ever actually have time to review new devices. Their "one job" should be to see through the marketing-speak ("Super AMOLED", "IPS", "retina display") and tell us what A) looks better, and B) uses less power at a given nits.
I've had an iPhone 4 for 2 years now, and can't really stomach going to one of those poorer screens. The Optimus G is beautiful, and that's why I'm going to snag a Nexus.
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Any one else manage to bag one?
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